First Nations

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  • Individuals and communities of native ancestry

  • North American indigenous peoples, Metis and Inuit

  • Records pertaining to and created by First Nations individuals, families, bands, agencies

  • Government agencies and treaties

  • First Nations organizations and businesses

  • First Nations schools and education

  • Issues pertaining to First Nations peoples or history

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          1289 Archival description results for First Nations

          1289 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          2009.7.1.058 · Item · [1903?]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts fenced area in front of church building with turret. Other community buildings can be seen in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Metlakatla Church. Replacement for larger church lost in village fire 1903?" See also item 2009.7.1.55 for similar image depicting new church building at Metlakatla, B.C.

          Nedra Jane Paul Collection
          2001.15 · Collection · 1964-1971

          Fonds consists of the personal records of Nedra (Ginty) Jane Paul [b. ca.1920-d. 1990]. Personal records include the 1938 Lord Byng High School Annual, 2 teaching certificates, and 1 photograph. Paul worked as a teacher in the Chilcotin and Bella Coola regions of BC and the primary items of the collection are 8 recordings generated by her with members of First Nations Communities at Alkali, Red Stone, Kleena Kleene and Bella Coola from 1964-1971. There are 8 original audio reel to reel recordings (and 2 tapes which are copies of the recordings later created by P.J. Thomas, who accompanied Paul on the interviews). Recordings include stories and songs.

          Paul, Nedra Jane
          Namu group around flag pole
          2004.2.1.6 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts a crowd gathered near the shore of a body of water around a flag pole, with a band to the left. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Myself accepting the flag pole etc., - Namu crowd in fore-ground - School children around the pole, + Band to the left."

          Murray Krause
          2003.11.1.20 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Murray Krause, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.

          2009.7.1.080 · Item · October 1913
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Large bear carving sits on top of wide pole, erected in memory of a chief of the Bear crest. Lines of houses stand in background.

          Printed below image: "Totem Pole. Old Massett. Q.C.I / J.D. Allen photo Co."; handwritten below: "Mortuary Pole Bear [Crest?]"; on verso: "For Chapt. XIX. The old style and the new. Mortuary Pole & modern houses. No. 3. W.H.C. Oct. [6/ ?] 13".

          2009.7.1.170 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts a mortuary pole situated against a snowy landscape.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Chapter XVIII, Nom. 1 Chief Gwaksho’s totem pole. The Great Hunter.”

          2008.3.1.22.62 · Item · [ca. 1990]
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts Bridget Moran seated at table covered with copies of 'Judgement at Stoney Creek'. Three copies of 'Stoney Creek Woman' are also displayed on table. Bookshelves in background. Photo believed to have been taken at same location as items 2008.3.1.17.1, 2008.3.1.17.2, and 2008.3.1.19.4.

          2008.3.1.16.4 · Item · 12 May 1989
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Handwritten annotation on recto: "Bridget Moran receives the Lieutenant - Governor's Medal for Historical Writing from His Honour David C. Lam in Government House, May 12, 1989." Lieutenant Governor Lam stands in formal attire on left, shaking hands with Moran. Two woman stand in background.

          2008.3.1.16.5 · Item · 13 May 1989
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Handwritten annotation on recto: "Bridget Moran thanks the B.C. Historical Federation for recognizing her as best author of 1988." Moran stands behind microphone, holding award. Don Sale and Naomi Miller of the B.C. Historical Federation Writing Competition Committee stand in background.

          Monument at Port Simpson, BC
          2009.7.1.070 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Tall monument featuring a man's profile stands in foreground. Base of monument features writing on plaques.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "No. 30 Paul [Segaics?] Monument at Port Simpson".

          2009.7.1.199 · Item · [ca. 1939]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Model totem pole standing upright on a chair against the backdrop of a sheet. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “46-4”

          2009.7.1.202 · Item · [ca. 1939]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Profile perspective of a model totem pole standing upright on the floor against a blank wall. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “35-2”

          2009.7.1.201 · Item · [ca. 1939]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Profile perspective of a model totem pole standing upright on a sheet covered table against the backdrop of an additional sheet. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “47-3”

          2009.7.1.204 · Item · [ca. 1939]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Close-up perspective of the top of the model totem pole which is standing upright on the floor against a blank wall. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “35-4”

          Model wooden totem pole
          2009.7.1.200 · Item · [ca. 1939]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Frontal perspective of a model totem pole standing upright on a sheet covered table against the backdrop of an additional sheet. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “47-2”

          Model wooden totem pole
          2009.7.1.203 · Item · [ca. 1939]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Frontal perspective of a model totem pole standing upright on the floor against a blank wall. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “35-3”

          Model totem pole
          2009.7.1.227 · Item · [ca. 1939]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Two cylindrical wooden columns stand parallel, connected at the top by a horizontal wooden panel featuring the carved head and front paws of a wolf. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources,

          2001.1.082 · File · 2011
          Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

          This file consists of copies of two manuscript items relating to the history of the Oblates in Northern British Columbia; the third item is a copy of the transcription and translation of one of these accounts. Includes:

          • A copy of a type-written unpublished account possibly written c. 1922 entitled "Indian Schools of Fort St. James and Fraser Lake, B.C." The account is written by Father Elphage Allard, OMI on the founding of the residential school at Fort St. James and later of the building of the residential school at Lejac, near Fraser Lake, BC. Allard refers to his, and his younger siblings', also named Father Allard, involvement in the building of the residential schools at Fort St. James in 1916-1917 and subsequently at Fraser Lake ca. 1920-1922. Father Allard provides a detailed account of daily life and spiritual work conducted by the Oblates at the schools including daily routines of the First Nations students, dormitory life, educational curriculum, religious education, and arrival of a group of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus Congregation to assist at the school. The account provides descriptions of the 1918 flu epidemic and deaths that occurred among communities at Fort St. James, Pinchi, Tachi, Fraser Lake and Lake Porteur; involvement of the Anglo-Europeans in the construction of the schools; and interactions with the Chinese cook and Indian Agent in the communities. The manuscript also provides brief account of Allard's journey to provide religious services to other First Nations communities including Fort Graham, McLeod Lake, Atlin and Whitehorse. Both Father Allards were subsequently dismissed from involvement in the Fraser Lake School in 1922.
          • A copy of a handwritten account by Father Jean-Marie Lejeune entitled "Comment la Sténographie a été introduite dez les sauvages" written by Lejeune at the Indian Missionary, Kamloops, B.C. c.1890-93 in which he describes his introduction of the shorthand in British Columbia to First Nations in the Kamloops region and the subsequent publication of the newsletter entitled Kamloops Wawa.
          • A transcription and translation of Father Lejeune's account by William Poser with annotations.
          2009.7.1.115 · Item · [ca. 1878 - ca. 1919]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts tall building, with long shorter section crossing midground in front. Path runs through garden in foreground.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Back of Mission House Kincolith".

          2009.7.1.060 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts a large two-storey building with the sign: "CALEDONIA HOSPITAL". Fence crosses foreground, hills visible in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Mission Hosp at Metlakatla B.C."

          2002.14.1.09.008 · File · 2001
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of catalogue records relating to books on Aboriginal women and interactions between Western women and Aboriginal women; excerpts from articles from museum websites about Mary Shaefer, including an excerpt from an article by Ainley; and excerpts from museum websites about First Nations beadwork and textiles.

          2001.1.114 · File · 1988-1994
          Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

          File consists of miscellaneous documents created or collected by the Prince George office of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Includes documents regarding Indian Act Section 81, rights-of-way in BC, a short pamphlet on First Nations fishing rights, "Highlights on Federal Indian Policy", jurisdiction, tribal government, and the Indian Reserve System in Canada. Includes documents regarding the effect of surrender on individual interest and a blank "notice in respect to a surrender of Indian lands" form. It also includes Indian Affairs Branch documents regarding conditional land allotments and individual land holdings. Also includes an interpretation of the "Definition of an Indian as interpreted under section 4.1 of the Indian Act" (1989) and "Water rights on Indian reserves in British Columbia" submitted by Donald M. Smith.